Sorry, I just about forgot to put the paper target on Ebay. Better late than never, I suppose. See link in description.

I love that noise when he is cleaning the barrel with oil and patches

I got to handle an 1861 Enfield while I was in Afghanistan. It was a slightly longer example and it was converted to a breech loading, cartridge firing model in .577, I'll always remember that rifle. This video was a joy. Thanks Hickock45!

Can't beat them old beautiful British rifles.

Thanks to hickok45 I am a Ballistol user!

Hickok's videos make me want to own every gun ever made. I can't afford all this. I fall in love every time he brings out one of those old cowboy revolvers or rifles. We have all the tech stuff now but nothing beats the plain old romance of those older guns from the Old West era to the world wars eras.

I almost forgot to tell you how much I enjoyed this one. I know the ol' black powder has fall out in popularity a little over the years ---but I still love em.. I will never forget shooting my first .50 cal Hawken back in the late 70s. We had a black powder club in high school. Yep times have changed.

Love your videos, everyone is educational and fun and I'm always learning something new. The Parker Hale is beautiful.

Good video, Hickok45. The usage of a black powder firearm can easily extend the time on the shooting range. It takes longer to load and shoot. For a lot of people, it's just more 'quality time' outdoors. ..... Also, Hickok45 provides good information about loading and shooting black powder guns. He explains about cleaning black powder firearms at the end of the video. Hickok45 might be old enough to remember the days, when cavemen just threw rocks at each other, but Hickok45 has kept up with the advantages of modern technology. Thumbs up to Hickok45.

I clean my C&B revolvers and ML rifles and pistols much the same way. Sometimes use a 90% water / 10% Ballistol solution (AKA "Moose Milk") as "Step 1" for a thorough cleaning if I'll not be shooting the weapon again for a few weeks. "Step 2" is the full Ballistol lube treatment similar to what Mr Hickok45 shows here. On shooting day, before hitting the range, I wipe away excess oil, and then pour boiling water down the bore followed by punching the bore with several dry patches then set aside muzzle-down to cool as the hot metal evaporates all water away. Revolver cylinders are dipped in boiling water for a couple minutes, wiped dry, chambers dry-patched, nipple areas blown thru and brushed then set aside to cool and evaporate. The boiling water seasons the Ballistol into the steel and prevents rusting. With the boiling water prep, I never have to pop caps on the nipples, simply load and fire when ready at the range!

Great video as always hickok45. I've been a fan about a year now and you have really inspired me to get shooting more, set up a range on my property, and introduce some friends to shooting, too. Keep up the awesome videos, and my thanks to both you and John!

Dear Hickok45, Relative to all KZfaqrs, you are incredibly productive. Keep up the good work.

I owned a 1917 Enfield 30.06 from WW1. I think it was made in Eddystone PA. It had one hell of a recoil. However I sold it for my Ruger GP100 .357 with a 6" barrel. It found its life at the VFW as a parade rifle. Given to my dad as a gift, So I had it re-blued, re-finished the stock, and replaced the firing pin. But because there were millions of them made, I couldn't sell it for over $100

Good job Sir. Back in the day I hunted with a .50 front loader. Dropped a large bull elk from 90 yards. Also was well practiced, and could hit 1/2 gal. Milk carton random range, 5 shots inside one minute...pre measured powder, greased mini bullet, primers on leather disk in upper vest pocket.

I have a 45 hawkens have not shot in years like the way u cleaned it tells me and clean your muzzle loader good

First you say nipple cover... then you say butt pad... then you say lube. (Insert Beavis and Butthead chuckles) I thought this was a family show? HAHA

sight paint? I use nail polish. More choices of colors, and far cheaper. Seems to work well.

Now this is good Saturday morning TV.

I just bought a sr1911 thanks to you hickok45 Got it for 750 and came with night sights

very nice gun old is always gold I love Enfield guns

Great video, thank you! Nice zoom on the barrel at one point where you could easily see the rifling. The smell of black powder is wonderful.

I usually catch on when he's blowing smoke but, he had me going for a second with the "speed reload " ! I don't mind the video editing. They're doing a tasteful job.

I enjoy all your videos but for some reason I really really enjoyed this one ! Thank you

Great video. I love those oldies.

Thank you for the excellent video, Hickok45! That Musketoon has always been my favourite B.P. firearm. Bought mine back in the early 1970s, as I recall, and still have it. Original box, too! Darned if I didn't break that nipple protector, though, the very first time I used it as a snap cap. :-( Being frugal, I used Crisco for lubing up the Minié bullets, and usually put some in the hollow base, as well. Never had any fouling problems. You've made me think it's time to get her out and get dirty again!

This is my rifle. There are many like it but this one is mine...

I have that exact same rifle, Birmingham production Parker-Hale Musketoon. Unless I'm restuffing to shoot at charging Rebs, or Turks , or whoever, I sometimes run a wet patch down the bore just for peace of mind. Barring that I blow down the bore and run the rod down to knock any embers down. I know there are the "I've fired a million rounds in competition and never had a cookoff" guys but I shoot slow and leisurely target shooting. Also, paper cartridges and Pritchett bullets will change your life.

I did find one thing you don't want to spray Ballistol on -- shellac. I have a Japanese-made Zouave rifle from the 70's that I sprayed it in the barrel of, and allowed it to sit. I came back a couple of hours later to finish cleaning it, and the Ballistol had run out the nipple and down the buttstock and taken the finish right off. I didn't know until then the stock had been finished with shellac. But the solvent for shellac is alcohol, and the alcohol in the Ballistol had done its thing. A refinish of the stock is one of this winter's projects.

Beautiful piece of hand held history-replica or not. One beauty is no shortage of shells.

Beautiful gun, and I like the length. As I watch those big Minie balls blowing the paint off the steel, it occurs to me that you must go through a great deal of spray paint.

That speed loading was a great idea. Please more of that for future chapter 2 black powder episodes!

Damn !!!!! During the Civil War, Those Slugs had to hurt !!!

Massive bullets at .58 cal - no wonder the wounds soldiers suffered were so brutal. As for me, I'm not sure I could get into the whole 'procedure' involved in firing a weapon like this but after watching I think I (and perhaps many people) would definitely like to try!! Great video

I dug up an original brass rear sling swivel and part of the leather sling for a Cook & Brother Enfield. Also dug up a bent and broken trigger guard for one!

good job. thanks for #2. REALLY enjoyed the first one so been waiting for this a long time. Smoke poles are great.

That speed loading was hilarious! Great video as usual and a really nice gun. Thanks

Speed load - awesome!

Thank you for another awesome muzzle loading\blackpowder video! It's nice to get some info on it, to see how it works and also to get a history lesson as a bonus :)

Love the speed mode lol

Classic civil war era rifle

Awesome presentation Hickok, we appreciate it.

It's a beauty

Great video! Enjoyed it very much, thank you Hickok45.

Beautiful gun with so much history! Nice shooting too.

Another pretty gun! Thanks H45. (It needs a second, dummy nipple to put that cap on to prevent it from swinging around when the gun is being used because that just doesn't seem right hanging there like that.)

Thanks Hickock! Wonderful, informative video! I love those black powder guns as well.

awesome video, ive been on a black powder kick lately and really want to take my grandfathers out and shoot it for the first time. just need to get the supplies for it

Love black powder!! Thanks

Reminds me of the old Yosemite Sam routine, "first the wad, then the ball, then the powder, BOOM blows up in his face no matter how he loads jt!

Oftentimes, a Minè ball sizer/lubricator eliminates the need for a bullet starter. Just place the ball in the barrel, and ram it down with the ramrod. When I used to shoot .muskets a lot, I found that helped. FWIW.

How am I just seeing this now after all these years?!?

One of your best videos. Thank you.

that's some pretty quick speedloading

She's a beauty... Thanks for sharing.

The horror! The horror! Great gun,great movie.

I love black powder weapons. They just have an air of modesty about them.

lmao! about 19 minutes in! I love the sense of humor on this channel

Take a drink every time hickok45 says "lewb".

Parker Hale made the best replicas ever made of civil war rifles. Too bad they stopped. Looking for a PH 3 band enfield, but very hard to find :(

great old firearm !

That wood is so beautiful

I like the 575455 Rapine 3 ringer from Lodgewood Mfg.

"Speed mode...!" Oh that's neat- That's neat!

What a nice looking gun!!! Love the videos keep them coming.

Nipple cover needs a dead nipple to rest on when not in use. That might help the dangling annoyance factor...

i had a musketoon for like 10 years or so.. a very good gun.. now i have a 1856 tower musketoon but i have to get the tumbler fixed

My FFL friend has a reproduction Enfield London saddle ring carbine. It has been defarbed, I think by Lodgewood, has all the proper markings. But it has an 18 inch barrel and a ramrod keeper at the muzzle. It tempts me...

Caliber .58. Enormous bullets. Must have made horrific wounds

2:23 that rifle has been eating some spicy food.

What a beautiful rifle!

I was recently given an original one of these, it's in very poor condition and has been converted to a 12 bore shotgun at some point but it looks good hanging over my fireplace!

hahahha the speed load cracked me up! Too bad you didn't have the Benny Hill Music. =)

Nice old charcoal burner. I have a 44 cal Navy pistol for my use in burning black powder. Thanks for sharing.

Jeez, I saw .69 cal minie ball style bullets one time. Jeez, 720 grain. Almost 12 gauge diameter

It would be great if you could get your hands on the Arsenalfirearms Strike One pistol, you've fired so many pistols and have a very objective non bias reviews so it would be great to hear your very professional opinion of one with a bit of good humour too.. Great video's please keep them up! :)

that is a beautiful gun. congrats brother

I let a 1858 Parker Hale get away from me just the other day {made me sick}. I guess I am going to pull the trigger on a Pedersoli since they are a great musket maker, and the Parkers only become available so rarely. I like the Musketoon version, but I decided to go with the '58 since the sight picture on it seemed better.

So awesome! Need one

you need the Million dollar man sound for when you go fast :D

Sweet

Last comment; Depending on how much you shoot your holy smokes irons, I have found it beneficial to remove the stock and do a more through cleaning. I cringed watching hick spray {soak is a better term} his '61 down like that! If you were to remove the stock, you would find black powder residue has been flushed down between the stock and the irons. Overtime, this will damage both.

Damn, that's beautiful.

I love the smell of bore butter it has a nice sweet unique smell

Nice speed reload!

oliva serie v cigar. great choice

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Ding! Fries are done!

Sir, you have convinced me to get a muzzel loader! Greate review.

A very cool rifle.

Beautiful musketoon. Shooting black powder looks like a lot of fun. Wish they were easier to obtain. :)

I would like to see you use the Pritchett paper cartridge system that was designed for the weapon ? Do you have access to a 2 and 3 banded Enfield? The hot water/soap system has to be dried with quickly as the rust will all but flash. One good system is using denatured alcohol to absorb the water, dry patches followed by oil patches... Ballistol eliminates all of that struggle to clean a musket..... The Parker-Hale Musketoon came out in 1974 and I purchased the first one for sale at Battleground Armory that was located on I-65, Goose Creek, Franklin, Tennessee. Since then, I have been shooting it ever since. With the results of the musketoon, I had to purchase the 2, 3 banded rifles and, finally the Whitworth.... I have never shot the Cadet rifle. All of the original/reproduction P/H's were of the finest quality and have served me for 47 years. Keep on bustin' those caps....and making smoke...

gorgeous

would love to see a vid of a Browning auto 5, lovely gun, shot a 16 today.

Wonderful video and a beautiful rifle

I often wondered how the soldiers of the revolutionary war and civil war were able to fire as many shots as humanly possible without their muskets blowing up or seriously injuring them from a powder flash. After all, in the heat of battle they didn't have time to play around making sure the rifle had no embers in it. They just kept loading and shooting. I'm sure it happened, but we don't read or see accounts of it in history for some reason.

Great video as always.

glad to sse you using real black powder instead of pyrodex, i noticed the civil war weapons like the real stuff much more, unless your shooting all day without cleaning

She is a beauty, time to break out my girls and go out back and set up some targets, i'm a huge fan of black powder firearms and yes it smells so good..... Glad John is ok been after leaving a tire shop in Conyers Ga. many thanks captain on your videos and sharing your knowledge and wisdom..

You sure are "liv'in in fast forward."

I'm pretty sure the reason muskets were so long was to lengthen the reach of the bayonet, giving the soldier a better go at defending against calvary. A small carbine is definitely much more practical for a target shooting gun.